Coffee container for urns



Oct. 5 1926. l,601,987 -T. J. TOPPER COFFEE CONTAINER FOR URNS Filedl Deg. 14, 1925 l'l H! or screen Patented Oct. l5, 1926.

THOMAS J. TOPPER, or sAN rRANcIsco, cALIroRNIA. I

COIFFEE C OIIYT'JJAIITER VI'F'OR, URNS.

Application flle'd December 14, 1925. Serial No. 75,184.l

This invention relates to improvementsin coffee urns and more particularly to Qcontainers or bags forholding the coffee in proper relation to' the vessel in which the coffee is to be brewed.

One 'of the purposes of the inventionvis to provide a cofiee container of the character d'escrbed which is simple as to construction, inexpensive, easy to handle as in7 placing, removing and cleaning it and which will support the coffeeabove the level of the brew. I i, 'i

Another object .of Vthe invention is to provide a container of the character described which is constructed so that it will not overflow when large quantities of water are poured into the container, there being an especially arranged series of Outlet openings and a `perforated lid, which latter maintans the coffee grounds below'the plane of the openings and permits of an escape of water which rises above the level of the lid into the brewing vessel and thereby prev-ents overflcwing of the coffee container an eliminates the objectionable conditions Which would otherwise occur. g

It frequently happens 'in brewing coffee in large urns that the operator' pours a greater amount of water into the cofiee container than will seep through the coflee and container into the urn; Under these conditions the water will rise in the coffee container and overflow the latter thereby producing an objectionable condition in and around the urn. The present type of container as above explained, eliminates this objection in that itprovides for escape of the water from a. point well below the'top of the container into the crock as soon as the level of the'water rises above the perforated lid which confines the coffee to the lower part of the container therefor.

Another purpose' of the invention is to provide a novel form of foraminous bottom for the bottom of the coffee conwhich bottom comprises a suitable piece of cloth, preferably of a rectilinear form, associated with a band or ring in such manner that the cloth bottom and conveniently placed in position and removed. i -4 With the above mentioned vand other1 objects in' view, the invention consists in the tainer,

may be easily novel construction and combination of parts Vhereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, vit being .understood that various changes rin thel form, proportion, size and minor details o'fjconstruction within the scope of the claims may be resorted; to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advafntages of the invention. i

Referring to the drawingv: i Fig. lrepresents a Vertical sectional view of a coffee urn containing the cofiee container of my invention as it wouldr appear f when in use. v v

' Fig., 2 represents a top plan view of the foraminous bottom or screen devicer before assembly thereof. i i

Fign' represents 'a top plan View of the device shown in Fig. 2. as when part-ly assembled.

t Fig. et represents a top plan view of the screen bottom as when assembled and ready d for being mounted in or removed from the container.

Fig. 5 represents a Vertical sectional view of a modified form of container 1n which a foraminated metal bottom is employed instead of a removable cloth screen.

Fig. 6 represents a top' plan view of the perforated vmetal bottom shown in Fig. 5. v The coffee container of this 'invention is used in connection with an urn suchv as shown in the accompanying drawing and comprises a main jacket l, a lid or cover 2 for the upper end thereof and a coffee brewing vessel 3, known as a crock, there being an annular flange t which is disposed below the upper end of the jacket and extends over the upper edge of the crock.

The container consists of a cylindrical body 5 preferably formed of aluminum or some similar metal, which body is reduced at the lower portion thereof and thereby defines an vannular shoulder 6 Which rests upon the flange 4 in such mannerthat the reduced. end of the body eXtends upwardly above theshoulder. I The upper end of the container is openl and the lower end is provided with a foraminous bottom generally designated 7. Below the shoulder 6 there .is provided interiorly of the container, an annular shoulder 8 adapted to support a perforated lid 9 having a handle 10. In that Operation, has the four Corners in-a posiportion of the cylindrical wall of the Container between the shoulders 6. and 8, are a plurality of small openings 11.' The Coffee is placed in the container substantially to the level of the shoulder 8 and the lid is then mounted in 'place so to rest upon said shoulder. TN hen water is poured or otherwise placed within the container, it-passes through the perforationsor 'openingsin the lid 9, comes in contact with the coffee, and escapes through the foraminous 'or' screen bottom 7 It frequently happens that water is fed to the container faster thanit will run or seepv through the foraminous bottom 7 and it will then-back up through the openings or'perforations in 'the lid 10 and 'tend to fill up the upper part of the container. If it were hnot for the 'openings 11, the Water would fiowover the top 'of the container and produce an objectionable condition in and around the urn. However, the 'opening's 11 permit the water which rises above the level vof the lid 9 to escap'e from the container and drip i'nto the Croc'k. In this connection it will be noted that the ofsetlower end of the portion of the container is Circumferentially sp'aced from the crock allowing free passage of the overfl'o'wing water into the Crock. The lid 9 VAwith its fine perforations prevents the coffee from passing upwardly with the water and tending to cl'o'g the openings 11.01l otherwise produce an objectionable condition in the lupper lpart of the container. The openingsll therefore prevent overflowing of the coffee container and permits of a quick filling of the coffee container with the desired or larger amounts of water than has heretofore' been possible. Thus, not only does the coffee Container of this invention eliminate lan objecti'on which was heretofor'e present in coffee urns but also Vprovides for a s'aviing` in time linthe brewing of cofi'ee.

The fo-raminous or screen bottom may comprise a perforated metal bottom made as shown at 12 in Figs. 5 and 6, or may comprise a rectilinea'r cloth sheet 13, and ring 14 as shown in Fig's. l to 4 inclusive. In the latter instance, the bottom is 'of necessity removable, in order that the cloth may be cleaned and renewed. To facilitate the placing and removal of the screen bottom of this character, the construction of this bottom is of special form, and also the end of the container is preferably provided with an inwa'rdly extending annular flange 15 for supporting this removable bottom. The cloth 13 is preferably of a coars'e nature i and is spread out flat with the ring' on top of it as shown in 2 to prepare for assembling the bottom. The operatr' then brings the Corners of the Cloth'swo as totover-` -he one'another on top of the ring as shown' in Figs. 3 and et and having Completed this dle and may be easily grasped as shown in Fig. 4 to provide for mounting thebottom in place. Otherwise, these7 Corners are grasped to .remove the cloth bottom.

.The li'd79 isheld in position upon the shoulder 8 vmeans of knobs 17 formed onV the lower part of the container 5, which knobs are'adapted to extend over the lid as shown in the drawing. In opposite sides of thev lid arev no't'ches 18 through which the llrnobs extend. in thefifitting of the lid in place, after which the'lid is turned to .bring 2. A coffee. container for urns comprising.

a Shell-like body portion open on its upper end, afora'minous bottom for the body p'ortion, the said container being reduced at its. lower .end and thereby defining .an annular'shoulder'between the upper and lower.

ends. of the container whereby the. reduced portion may extendl into a vessel in which the coffee is to be brewed and aperforated lid removably mounted within the body portion and adapted to extend over thecofiee rplaced in the container, said body having a dischazrge Opening disposed above the plane of the lid and below the upper end of the container.

3. Thecombination with a cofiee brewing vessel, -of a container for coffee extending in part 4.into said vessel, a foraminous bottom for the container adapted to support coffee .placed within the container, said container' having a discharge Opening disposed well above the lower end thereof and located below the plane of the upper end of the vessel for .causing water to flow from the Con-V tainer into the vessel and means between the ooffeecontaining space of said container and said discharge Opening for preventing cofiee from rai-sing to the plane of said discharge Opening.

4:. The combination wit-h a coffee brewing vessel a coffee container having` a part thereof extend-ing into said brewing vessel, a foraminous .bottom atthe lower end of the Container adapted to support .a quantity of .'coffeei .placed in .the container and a lid' re- 'movably-mounted within the container above the level of the coffee placed therein, said vtion so that they serve somewhat as a hancontainer having a discharge Opening above the plane of the lid and arranged to discharge Water directly into the vessel.

5. The combination With a vessel for brevving cofi'ee, of a cofiee container extending in part into said vessel, a foraminous bottom in the lower end of the container adaptto support coffee placed in the container, an annular shoulder disposed interorly of the vessel, and a i perforated lid removably 10 tion of the container'which extends into the 15 vessel.

THOMAS J. TOPPER. 

